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The types of publications include newsletters, newspapers, literary journals, and magazines created and disseminated from 1960 to date.  The collection contains 2 series.","Series 1: Student publications, 1960-2020, which contain the following titles:","Apathy,\nAsterisk,\nBrandy Seal,\nBroadside Guides,\nThe Bull Sheet,\nCourtside Seats [Vol. 1],\nDissenter,\nThe Docket [Vol. 30, No. 3],\nEnergia [Vol. 1, Issue 1],\nThe Ex-Patriot,\nThe Expulsion,\nFaculty Course Evaluations,\nThe Forge [Vols. 1 and 2],\nForth Estate,\nFreshman Focus,\nFreshman Register,\nHispanic Culture Review,\nInsight,\nThe Mason Republic [Vol. 1, No. 1],\nThe N.C. 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